Netherlands adopts a national climate agreement
On 28 June 2019 the cabinet presented the Klimaatakkoord with sectoral deals toward 49 then 55 percent cuts. In the causal graph this event strengthens Decarbonization and climate-mitigation policy, a driver that weakens Global CO2 emissions per capita — an improving welfare path.
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On 28 June 2019 the cabinet presented the Klimaatakkoord with sectoral deals toward 49 then 55 percent cuts. A pact is not a delivered tonne. It is a completed executive-and-stakeholder act.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Mark Rutte
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.5 · verified
His cabinet brokered it. Industry and municipalities still had to invest. Courts later tightened.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactNetherlands adopts a national climate agreement
- strengthensDriverDecarbonization and climate-mitigation policy
- weakensIndicators (3)Global CO2 emissions per capita
impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 28 June 2019 · verified
A national climate pact increases planned decarbonization coverage, with implementation lag.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.27 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.6)
Observed
4.73 tonnes CO2 per person per year · 2.43 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 4.71 tonnes CO2 per person per year (2023) and 4.73 tonnes CO2 per person per year (2024).
20232024 Above normal = worse
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.5)
Observed
32.9 micrograms per cubic metre (annual mean, population-weighted) · 27.9 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normal3 readings, 2021–2023: fell from 33.2 micrograms per cubic metre (annual mean, population-weighted) to 32.9 micrograms per cubic metre (annual mean, population-weighted).
Above normal = worse
- Better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.4)
Observed
30% of electricity generation · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Better than normal6 readings, 2000–2023: rose from 18.9% of electricity generation to 30% of electricity generation.
Above normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.IEA — Netherlands climate agreementIEA · High credibility · verified
- 2.KlimaatakkoordGovernment of the Netherlands · High credibility · verified
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorMark Rutte
- contributed toFactNetherlands adopts a national climate agreement
- strengthensDriverDecarbonization and climate-mitigation policy
- weakensIndicatorGlobal CO2 emissions per capita
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Factrail. (2026). Netherlands adopts a national climate agreement. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/nl-klimaatakkoord-2019
https://factrail.ai/facts/nl-klimaatakkoord-2019
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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